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Kelani Kelani is a Polynesian-inspired movement & meditation program developed by Ioana Aboumitri. She created and began developing KELANI® in 2007.

Ioana (founder of KELANI)

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Ioana - wife and mother of three daughters who she repeatedly refers to as her inspiration- is the founder of KELANI® international. The word KELANI® is a derivative of her older girls' names: Keona, which means God’s gracious gift in Hawaiian and Leilani, which means heavenly flower in Hawaiian. In April of 2008 she opened her own boutique holistic fitness s

tudio in downtown Windsor called Studio Kelani, Pilates and Polynesian Movements. She owned and operated her studio until July of 2013 after which she decided to close her physical doors to focus full time on developing and spreading the wings of her KELANI brand. Ioana differs from many other professionals who have spent their lives active, in that she grew up with extremely unhealthy eating and lifestyle habits. She often jokes when she does her talks and presentations that she actually does not like to ‘workout’, she just likes to dance. She urges everyone, especially the young, to find something they love and not to be discouraged if there are certain disciplines they don’t thrive in. As a child she wishes she was exposed to the disciplines the youth of today is exposed to. Through a combination of inspiration, education, wholistic nutrition, joyful movement and mind-body-spirit connection and the support of her loved ones, Ioana is now on a mission to help spread the joy she has found and embraced in universal wellness. Ioana is a direct descendant of the troupe members of ‘The Royal Polynesian Revue’ - a world famous Polynesian group. In 2007 she decided to follow in their footsteps while adding a contemporary flare to traditional Polynesian dancing- hence the birth of KELANI®. In December of 2010 she proudly released her first KELANI ®DVD which was filmed on an island. So what exactly is KELANI®? KELANI is a Polynesian inspired wellness company. In the true spirit of Polynesia, Ioana wanted to create something which had depth, was uplifting, and simple. KELANI is not only a class, it is a way of thinking and living. In a blog Ioana writes called “The Life of a KELANI® girl’ Ioana documents her ‘KELANI philosophy’ as it applies to her and her family’s journeys. In a class setting, KELANI® programming is guided meditation and movement based on connection to the body, nature, community and the higher self. Participants of KELANI® can expect to experience joy in this freedom of movement, dancing for the sake of dancing and kicking off their shoes to feel the rhythm of their souls! As well as being a holistic nutritionist, Pilates instructor, personal trainer and of course KELANI® instructor, Ioana has performed and been involved in several shows within Ontario many of which have been for charity. Ioana's love for the arts lies primarily in music and any form of musical expression including dancing and singing. The KELANI® message is , which is love in her mother’s native Samoan tongue. In January 2013 Ioana launched her Kelani Instructor Certification program which is CanFitPro (Canadian Fitness Professionals: the largest fitness organization in Canada) accredited providing 4 FIS CEC’s and and 2 PTS CEC’s. To date she has certified several KELANI instructors between Canada and the US. Ioana is constantly adding to/ updating certification dates/ locations. Ioana has also been adding more KELANI® master class/ workshops around Canada. These are updated on this website (www.kelaniworld.com) as well as KELANI® international page at www.facebook.com/studiokelani. It is Ioana’s hope and dream that KELANI® spread nationally and internationally. She wants KELANI® to be known as a safe space where people of all ages, backgrounds, movement levels, shapes and sizes, can come enjoy a freedom of movement and experience a taste of Polynesia. When she was a teen, uncoordinated but still loving music and dancing, Ioana would shut the door to her room, blast her 'hippie' music (as her dad would call it) and dance. Just dance for the sake of dancing. She would feel happy, emotional, exhilarated and euphoric. She wants KELANI® to be that same space for people. She wants them to come into her room and dance with her! Ioana wants KELANI® to be synonymous with community, connection, nature, jot and being grounded. Ioana has been featured on several local media outlets including CTV national news, CBC national news and CBC radio and continues to make news in her city of Windsor, Ontario (Canada) as she spreads the spirit of KELANI®. An example of a feature on CTV National News was her ‘World’s Largest KELANI® Class’ where she filled a large hall with a record breaking number of participants. Footage from this news-piece can be viewed by following this link: http://windsor.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=889061. It is the mission of KELANI® to spread the spirit and culture of Ioana’s ancestors, the Polynesians, and for people to experience the essence of KELANI® which is connection. Ioana would love KELANI® to be a household name across the globe. Already well known in the original Kelani birth city of Windsor, and now spreading throughout the GTA, with Ioana’s spirit, determination and support of her growing KELANI® family she could be well on her way! Since COVID-19 all Kelani services have pivoted online with the opening of the virtual Studio Kelani schedule. Details of sessions and membership can be found at www.kelaniworld.com. To sign up for the weekly newsletter visit the website and sign up at the homepage. We hope to connect with you soon!

07/10/2024

So proud of my Aunty Repeka - president of PACIFICA-Auckland for representing at United Nations session - Committee for the Elimination of the Discrimination Against Women

07/08/2024

Canadian Fitness Professionals Inc. (canfitpro) Global Expo reunion time!
This weekend will be my first time going back in 5 years! 😱
Who else is going? 👀

04/05/2024

I’m excited to share my newest update…I have recently joined the team at Freedom From Addiction ,a World Class Drug And Rehab Center! I am so grateful for this valuable opportunity 🙏🏽.

05/02/2024

Talofa! I’ve emailed everyone who’s expressed interest in my Tuesday Pilates & Kelani Dance reunion at Cornerstone to Recovery! Please DM me if you didn’t receive an email! I can’t wait to see you all!💚

04/02/2024

I have been running Kelani workshops/ classes since 2008. Kelani is a Polynesian-inspired movement and meditation program inspired by my Samoan family/ ances...

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Kelani Flow is a Polynesian inspired guided practice

Every Tuesday and Thursday we flow. 🌊 In this clip from this morning’s virtual Kelani Flow 🌊 session I am sweeping the sand with my arm and leg. Why? ♥️ To connect with and be nurtured by Mother Nature. 🧡 To create flow, harmony and balance in the body. 💛 To connect to higher self in moments of overwhelm. 💚 To connect with community as this is our true nature. 💙 To silence the outside noise when it can get too loud. 💜 To bring smiles, joy, and alofa into the heart. Come flow with us… www.kelaniworld.com

🌴 FREE Kelani Flow Session Aug 3, 7pm EST 🌴

📣 FREE KELANI FLOW POP-UP SESSION! 📣 I am having a FREE Zoom pop-up KELANI FLOW session on Tuesday August 3 at 7:00pm EST 🤩 🧐 What is Kelani Flow? 🌊 🌊 Kelani Flow is a gentle guided movement practice based on the connection to your body, nature, community, and your higher self, which nurtures your mind, body, and soul. This is inspired by the reverence my Polynesian ancestors have for all these elements. 🤔 Who is this for? ✅ Abilities: ALL ✅ Levels: ALL ❎ Prerequisites: NONE ❎ Equipment: NONE 🦶🏽 Shoes: OPTIONAL 🤷🏽‍♀️ How to sign up? Registration link will be sent Monday August 2 at 7am EST via my weekly Kelani newsletter. If you’re part of my newsletter you are good to go! Otherwise, it only takes a few seconds! Please head to my website and sign up at my homepage ⬇️ www.kelaniworld.com 🙋🏽‍♀️ Questions? Please drop them in the comments below 👇🏾 I look forward to connecting and flowing with you! 🌊 Alofas, 💚 Ioana (Creator)

📣 FREE KELANI FLOW POP-UP SESSION ! 📣

I spoke with the wonderful Jana Short in today's podcast episode of Oh My Heath … There’s HOPE! We talked about how to go through and not over on your journey and so much more! You can listen to this full podcast on Youtube, apple, and almost any streaming platform. I hope our conversation encourages you to listen & connect. @bestholisticlife #OMHTH #OMHTHpodcast Thank you Jana for providing me with this wonderful platform to help me #SpreadAlofa 💚🙏🏾. To listen or watch the full podcast please visit Apple 🍏 podcasts @applepodcasts or YouTube and search 🔍 for ‘Oh my health…there’s HOPE’ and the episode titled: ‘Sharing a message of Alofa with the WORLD!’ #SpreadAlofa #alofa #hope #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #community #connection #support #higherconsciousness #higherself #podcast #podcasts #podcastshow #health #wellness #wellnessjourney #eatingdisorderrecovery #eatingdisorderawareness #eatingdisordersupport #selfcare #love

I believe that the thing about challenging times is: ✅ They reveal to us what is truly important in life ✅ They show us who ‘our people’ are Terri @trsterri - from you and I jumping on Zoom together literally right after first lockdown March of last year to teach our classes, and your figuring out the tech and being willing to reach out and pull me up out of the Zoom-wire haze and Zoompaloompa spell ... 📲 To being there for me throughout my random - all-hour-of-the-day texts ... 🧏🏻‍♀️To our ‘dates’ where active listening was a very welcomed theme ... 🤝To holding my hand (virtually of course) as we navigated this wonderful wild and wacky world together ... ...I am SO grateful 🙏🏾 I’ve known you for many many years - but only in this last year did I really get to know you and SEE you. 🌟 I see your beauty, your light, your warrior strength, your passion for helping people and your overflowing and deep love for those you care about ...and I’m so grateful to be on the receiving end of that. 🎉On the eve of your birthday I wish you health, safety, peace in all its forms and so much love now and always! Alofa atu, ♥️ Ioana

Happy Spring !🌞 Happy feet! 🌞 . . #spring #spring2021 #springequinox #barefoot #barefooting #grounding #earthing #nature #naturelover #nature_perfection #water #watertherapy #natureishealing

#TBT Hawaii 🌴 Note 📝 to self - singing & hand eye coordination aren’t my forte 🤣😂🤣 PS. To every single person who still doesn’t believe I’m not coordinated ...here you go - more proof ! You’re welcome 🤣 ~ Comedy show features my momma & I ATTEMPTING a traditional Maori sticks routine. ~ Notice at the end our fab instructor says: “it’s the singing guys ...it’s the singing “ lol #laughter #laughteristhebestmedicine #laugh #laughterisgoodforthesoul #laugh #laughoutloud #coordination #nocoordination #hawaii #polynesianculturalcenter #polynesianculture #samoan #samoans #wanderlust #travel #traveltheworld #family #familyiseverything #familyislove #connection #pcc #mom #momlife #aloha #maori #alofa #grateful

🌺 Girls Night In Part FIVE 😱 - Flower Power Edition 🌺 . . 🤷🏽‍♀️ What’s it about? A dance 💃🏽 party with Tammy @tammygunn @zumbawithtammy & I all about renewal, new beginnings, hope, peace, light, inspiration & of course alofa! ✌🏾 ☮️ 🙏🏾 🌸 🌹 🌻 🌺 💛 . . 🌻 March 25, 2021 🌻 7:00pm-8:30pm 🌻 Early bird 🐦 $15 (after March 23: $20) 🌻 Dress code: surprise us! 😉 . . We are SO grateful for our growing community & can not wait to dance with everyone again! . Happy alofa Friday! 💚

My 3 daughters can attest to the following statements: 🙃 I am awkward 🙃 I am dorky 🙃 I can’t follow choreography to save my life 🙃 I have no sense of ‘mirroring’ another dancer 🙃 I am not graceful (despite my many efforts) 🙃 If I jump around a dance floor I feel like what I imagine a tree stump would look like hopping around the forest ...and I own and embrace it ALL! 🥰 BUT ...with Kelani - and the elements - and the story - it’s just a whole different world. I am transported to another dimension and am so grounded and connected. Also - I can’t go wrong because I made it all up! 🤣 When I was a teenager I only did this alone in my room at my house because I was too self conscious to dance in front of everyone. Decades later I’m still in my room in my house 😂 ...only this time with a bunch of Brady Bunch squares around the world! 🌎 Thank you to all the ladies who showed up to Tammy Gunn @tammygunn @zumbawithtammy and my second Girls Night In - Christmas 🎄 Edition! It’s a always a great sign when people show up - but an even better sign when they come back... and we had a whole group of ladies who have now been to BOTH our events! 🙏🏾💚🥰 🎊 Stay tuned for our third event: Girls Night In - New Years Edition, January 14, 7:00pm-8:30pm 🎊 🎉 🎥 Video credit: one of our beautiful participants Julie ❤️

🙏🏾 Thank you 🙏🏾 Thank you 🙏🏾 Thank you ...SO much to each of YOU who took the time to wish me congratulations on today’s launch of Studio Kelani Online, as well as your support and alofa over the years! 🙏🏾❤️ . . #DreamComeTrue #StudioKelani #Connection #Community #SpreadAlofa 💚

How and why this 40 “something” 🤫 year old mom of 3 (16, 13 and 6 year old) girls who grew up teased, bullied, awkward, with low self-esteem, paralyzing stage fright, debilitating social anxiety and who resisted any form of movement in a social setting...became a Pilates instructor of 16+ years & is now running her first ever: . 🏆 21 Day Pilates Challenge 🏆 . (Why am I talking about myself in third person? 🤣) . 💛PS. #SharingIsCaring. If this post resonates with you and/ or you know others who could benefit from it, please share. 🙏🏾 . #21DayPilatesChallenge #SpreadAlofa 💚

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